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Method, system and apparatus for secure access, payment and identification

  • US 8,001,055 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2007
  • Issued: 08/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users to enable or prevent an occurrence of an event, the system comprising:

  • a first handheld device including;

    a biometric sensor programmed to receive a biometric input provided by a user of the first handheld device;

    a user interface programmed to receive a user input including secret information known to the user of the first handheld device;

    a first wireless transceiver programmed to transmit via a network a first wireless signal including authentication information of a user of the first handheld device; and

    a first processor programmed to authenticate the user of the first handheld device based on at least one of the biometric input and the secret information and to include in the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device at least a time-varying non-predictable value generated by the first processor;

    a second handheld device including;

    a biometric sensor programmed to receive a biometric input provided by a user of the second handheld device;

    a user interface programmed to receive a user input including secret information known to the user of the second handheld device;

    a second wireless transceiver programmed to transmit via the network a second wireless signal including authentication information of a user of the second handheld device, to communicate information identifying the user of the second handheld device to the first handheld device, and to receive information identifying the user of the first handheld device from the first handheld device; and

    a second processor programmed to authenticate the user of the second handheld device based on at least one of the biometric input provided by the user of the second handheld device and the secret information known to the user of the second handheld device, and to include in the authentication information of the user of the second handheld device at least a time-varying non-predictable value generated by the second processor; and

    a secure system in communication with each of the first handheld device and the second handheld device via the network, the secure system including;

    a communication interface programmed to receive each of the authentication information of the user of the first device and the authentication information of the user of the second device via the network;

    a database that stores authentication information concerning the plurality of users including at least a portion of biometric information for each of the plurality of users, respectively; and

    a processor programmed to authenticate an identity of the user of the first handheld device, by comparing the non-predictable value generated by the first handheld device to authentication information included in the database to determine whether the non-predictable value generated by the first handheld device corresponds to a user allowed to access the first handheld device, wherein the processor is programmed to authenticate an identity of the user of the second handheld device, by comparing the non-predictable value generated by the second handheld device to authentication information included in the database to determine whether the non-predictable value generated by the second handheld device corresponds to a user allowed to access the second handheld device,wherein the secure registry is programmed to transmit via the network a first non-predictable value to the first handheld device to authenticate the secure registry to the first handheld device,wherein the secure registry is programmed to transmit via the network a second non-predictable value to the second handheld device to authenticate the secure registry to the second handheld device,wherein the first wireless transceiver is programmed to transmit the information identifying the user of the second handheld device to the secure registry,wherein the second wireless transceiver is programmed to transmit the information identifying the user of the first handheld device to the secure registry,wherein the user interface of the first handheld device is programmed to display an image of the user of the second handheld device received from the secure registry via the network to allow the user of the first handheld device to enable an occurrence of the event, andwherein the user interface of the second handheld device is programmed to display an image of the user of the first handheld device received from the secure registry via the network to allow the user of the second handheld device to enable the occurrence of the event.

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